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or to keep oneself cool during the day. Brushing one's teeth is also essential for hygiene and is a part of washing. 'Washing' can also refer to the...

diving down to the bottom and launching oneself upwards and forwards. This technique can also help to avoid incoming waves. When exiting the water, swimmers...

known as "water closets", as opposed to the earth closets described above. WCs first appeared in Britain in the 1880s, and soon spread to Continental...

what one would not like others to do unto oneself". 3. Do not act without examining the situation carefully; one ought to act only after scrutinizing the...

water should be limited to conserve energy, and the person should attempt to remove as much of the body from the water as possible; attaching oneself...

the practice of descending below the water's surface to interact with the environment. It is also often referred to as diving, an ambiguous term with several...

less likely to lock into the wave as the bow and stern are still above water. A boat with less rocker cuts into the wave and makes it harder to turn while...

S. Reading a life of Empedocles, I felt how old is this desire to make a god of oneself. This letter, so far as I am conscious, never attempts this. On...

Asātāvedanīya karma is bound on account of causing to other or oneself the following: External or an internal pain To feel troubled and worried on having been deprived...

major style guides and usage dictionaries, which demonstrate wide variation. To the extent anything approaching a consistent general conflict can be identified...

or prostrating oneself in front of the dominant when expecting orders, eating only after others or on the floor, and low-status place to sleep. Body worship...

the U.S. called Duck and Cover, in which a turtle demonstrates how to protect oneself from the immediate effects of an atomic bomb explosion by using a...

of the Torah, become inapplicable if they would hinder the ability to save oneself or someone else. However, there are certain exceptions; some rules...

freedom from suffering is attained only through submission to something greater than oneself. Clamence, through his confession, sits in permanent judgment...

different perception of oneself relative to others. The following are forms of egocentric bias: Bias blind spot, the tendency to see oneself as less biased than...

repeated, either sung out loud (bhajan), congregationally (kirtan), or to oneself aloud or mentally on prayer beads made of tulasi (japa). A. C. Bhaktivedanta...

that Thai architects wished to relate. In Threvada Buddhism, the main focus is to rid oneself of unwholesomeness, and to do that there is a focus on peace...

heavier than water; "bar floats" made of foam may be fixed to the lines right above the harness to keep the bar from sinking if lost in the water. Control...

relaxation. The custom is to thoroughly clean oneself with soap and rinse before entering the tub, so as not to contaminate the bath water. In public baths, there...

such a manner as to obligate oneself, in order to dignify the Shabbat. By synecdoche, the term challah came to refer to the whole of the loaf from which...